Lawsuit Claims Apple Monopolizes Heart-Rate Technology for Apple Watch

Lawsuit Claims Apple Monopolizes Heart-Rate Technology for Apple Watch
An Apple Store employee shows the Series 5 Apple Watch during the preview of the redesigned and reimagined Apple Fifth Avenue store in New York on Sept. 19, 2019. Brendan McDermid/Reuters File Photo
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A Silicon Valley company has filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple of cornering the market for heart-rate monitoring technology for the Apple Watch, and endangering wearers’ health.

In a complaint filed late on Tuesday night, AliveCor said Apple shut out rivals by changing the heart-rate algorithm on its watch’s operating system, making rival technology incompatible.